Author: Sean Palmerston

  • Burial Hordes: Devotion To Unholy Creed

    When I first ripped off the packaging of the cd sleeve, I did a brief scan of the promotional artwork and thought to myself ‘oh, just another grim underground black metal band…’ Six beers later, I had the volume cranked.

  • Killswitch Engage: self-titled

    Killswitch Engage’s latest and self-titled album showcases in many ways what has come to be expected from the band. The formula hasn’t changed much — straight and to-the-point metalcore with lots of clean lead guitars and bursts of drums. However, this time there’s more angst than usual in the lyrics, and definitely attempts at making…

  • SAHG: II

    Sahg takes influence from classic groups like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin and their doom metal sound ranges from fast, retro sounding groovers to more plodding and psychedelic crushers. Fuzzy, trippy and heavy, Sahg does a nice job changing up the styles and tempos.

  • Hellbound’s Origins #1: Hellbound Radio

    Some photos taken at our weekly radio show, Hellbound Radio, on C101.5 FM

  • Slayer: Preparing for a World Painted Blood

    “I can imagine myself at 75 looking like Charlie Watts playing speed metal,” says Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo. “I’m OK with that. I don’t know about the other guys. I’ll keep playing, though, and as long as Slayer needs me, I’ll be here. Whatever they wanna do.” Keith Carman speaks to Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo…

  • Blackguard: Profugus Mortis

    Like fellow Quebecer’s Unexpect, Blackguard has a distinctive classical European flavor, melodic black metal with a distinctive nod to folk and they like to play fast – Dragonforce fast. However, unlike the self-masturbatory English band, their frenetic pace is not accentuated by technical guitar work, but instead is sopping with keyboards and orchestrations.

  • Flood: Native

    When I think MeteorCity, riff rock bands like Lowrider and The Atomic Bitchwax come to mind. In that sense, Flood isn’t your typical MeteorCity band.

  • Hatesphere: To The Nines

    To The Nines is the most recent release spawned by Dansk melodic death metallers’ Hatesphere. There is something about Hatesphere that separate them from all the rest.

  • Suidakra: Crogacht

    Germany’s Suidakra return shining bright with their 9th studio effort, Crogacht (meaning – bravery).

  • Judas Priest @ Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto ON, July 9, 2009

    In celebration of the 30th anniversary of their landmark album British Steel, Judas Priest returned to Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre for one of their best shows in recent years.